Charles Tait
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Charles Tait was an American politician. A Democratic Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Georgia.
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[edit] Early life
Tait was born near the present town of Hanover, Virginia on February 1, 1768. He moved to Georgia in 1783 with his parents, who settled near Petersburg, where he completed preparatory studies. Tait attended Wilkes Academy, Washington, Georgia in 1786 and 1787 and Cokesbury College, Abingdon, Maryland in 1788.
[edit] Academic and Legal Career
Tait was a professor of French in Cokesburg College from 1789 to 1794, while he also studied law and was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1795. He was a rector and professor at Richmond Academy, Augusta, Georgia from 1795 to 1798, when he commenced the practice of law in Elbert County. He was presiding judge of the western circuit court of Georgia from 1803 to 1809.
[edit] Political career
He was elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Milledge, and was reelected in 1813, serving from November 27, 1809 to March 3, 1819. During the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congress he was chairman on the Committee on Naval Affairs. After serving in the Senate, he moved to Wilcox County, Alabama in 1819. Tait was appointed by President James Monroe as United States district judge for Alabama from 1820 until 1826 when he resigned. He worked as a planter near Claiborne, Alabama. Tait declined a mission to Great Britain in 1828. He died near Claiborne, Alabama on October 7, 1835 and was interred in Dry Forks Cemetery on his country estate in Wilcox County, Alabama.
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| Preceded by John Milledge |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Georgia 1809–1819 Served alongside: William H. Crawford, William B. Bulloch, William Wyatt Bibb, George M. Troup, John Forsyth |
Succeeded by John Elliott |
